Category Archives: Bar

George Grill – Looking terrific!

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Zurich – A new restaurant in town that is worth waiting a week for a table. I visited George last week with a colleague for lunch. Already the way up to the top floor of the OBER building in the lift promises that there must be something special up there.
The welcome was very warm and friendly and we enjoyed a really nice table at the window as asked for in the reservation.
My salad was huge but not at all less in taste, to be hones one of the best salad I had in a long time in a restaurant. When I saw Tatar on the menu….I knew I had to go for this. I was not disappointed at all. I had the small portion for lunch and struggled to eat it up even though it was so good.
Therefore, I award George with 10 points for food, atmosphere, service, view and can’t wait to go again.
http://george-grill.ch/

 

Barfussbar – Barefoot in Zurich

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Zurich – What can you do when it’s summer and 35 degrees in Zurich?
You can go to an open air swimming pool that is actually the lake of Limmat, enjoy cool drinks, later in the evening dance and just enjoy the scenery of Zurich’s old town. There is a special summer program for concerts and parties. This recommendation is certainly not for food but if you are hungry, you can always have selected sandwiches and ice cream from Sorbetto “en masse”…

http://www.barfussbar.ch/

Le Diplomate – Fantastique!

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Washington D.C. –  For my last birthday I was in Washington visiting. I was invited to “Le Diplomat” restaurant for brunch. The internet page explains it best: “Le Diplomate pays homage to French café culture by providing a comfortable place for everything from a cappuccino and croissant on a lazy weekend afternoon at brunch to a celebratory dinner out with friends or just a drink and dessert at the close of an evening.”
I had my best Croque Madame there and tasted the American version of Belon Oysters, accompanied by a nice bottle of champagne. What a treat! I highly recommend a visit whenever possible not only for the food but also the service and the nicely decorated venue.
http://lediplomatedc.com/

The Hungry Cat

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Santa Barbara – During our California holidays last December we ate in a really nice restaurant my best friend recommended to me. Again we were treated with delicious seafood and chose oysters as starter. Unfortunately the big seafood platter was out….maybe the cat? The restaurant has “siblings” in Santa Monica and Hollywood.

At this point I wanted to recommend a friend’s lifestyle blog called Citybabble that provides tips around the world for good places to go and see and much more interesting subjects. I really loved her latest post about the grand brunch in Zurich.

http://thehungrycat.com/

Time(s) for a crispy Wiener Schnitzel!

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Zurich – Yesterday I actually wanted to go to an Italian restaurant with a very good friend of mine. But we had to find out that all the Italian and Spanish restaurants were closed due to Easter Holiday.
So we just went to Langstrasse area and asked first at restaurant Josef. This is normally one of my favourite restaurants food-wise but they still have the two times selling the table for one evening. We walked down the street and we both remembered the Times. I was there already about 2 years and had only good memories.
We started with the “Times Special” Drink, a mix of sake, prosecco, lime which was really refreshing. My friend chose the tuna tatar with a passion fruit-orange-chili sauce and I went for the ceviche with pomegranate. Both dishes so tasty we asked the chef to reveal his recipe…what he did.
As I already had the Wiener schnitzel with the pommes alumettes I couldn’t resist it and my friend neither. Can a Wiener schnitzel be too crispy? Definitively one of my favourite although there is not much left of the meat….but the combination just yummy. Dessert was as well just fantastic with a chocolate tart, melting inside with Acai ice-cream. Go indulge yourself!
times-zurich.com 

 

Helvetia “Helvti” – Swiss traditional food with a twist

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Zurich – Last week I went for dinner with a friend. We were looking for a place that is centrally located, good food of course and not too loud to be able to chat around.
The beautiful historical building itself is a highlight and houses also a bar and a hotel. In the 70ies and 80ies the Helvti was one of the few bars that was open also long after midnight, when Zurich was not such an open-minded city yet.
This time I had meat loaf with fresh mushrooms and mashed potatoes. A dish that I love but never cook at home….mouth watering!
In summer one can enjoy lunch or dinner on the terrace overlooking the river sihl.

http://www.hotel-helvetia.ch/de/home

Löweneck – Another lunch place in Zurich (dinner possible too…..)

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Zurich – Some days ago I had planned lunch with a colleague. We talk quite regularly about new restaurants in Zurich or elsewhere. She knew about the reopening of the restaurant end of January 2014. Formerly it was nothing special in there. Even a TV show was made about the Hotel City http://www.hotelcity.ch/home.html  , no comment at that place…
The restaurant itself is really nicely made and the people stress the concept from farm to table. The prices are ok and what we had for lunch was really good, so all in all, I will go again….

http://www.loeweneck.com/

La Mar – Best Ceviche north of Peru

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San Francisco – On our first night out in San Francisco we booked a table at La Mar. First we had pisco sour – one of my favourite drinks -at  the bar. The pisco was just as it has to be with the whipped egg white on top…yummy but really strong!

Then we moved to the restaurant and ordered some ceviche and other typical Peruvian food that treated our taste buds really well. The atmosphere in the restaurant is really cool and modern in a historic building at the wharf.

if you are in SF you NEED to go.

http://lamarsf.com /